Are locking screws advantageous with plate fixation of humeral shaft fractures? a biomechanical analysis of synthetic and cadaveric bone

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 709-715

  O'Toole, Robert V ^a   Andersen, Romney C ^a,b   Vesnovsky, Oleg ^c   Alexander, Melvin ^d   Topoleski, L D Timmie ^c   Nascone, Jason W ^a   Sciadini, Marcus F ^a   Turen, Clifford ^a   Eglseder, W Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Baltimore County   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial loading; Biomechanics; Humeral shaft fractures; Locking screws; Plate fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JOINT STIFFNESS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING; AGED; BONE PLATE; EQUIPMENT; FRICTION; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRICTION; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59049091563     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31818df8cb     Document Type: Article

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